A commissioned artwork by the Public School Building Authority. It is a new building in the center of down town Athens. I was commissioned to design and undertake the construction of an art installation for the high school yard wall. The wall is 20m X 7,50m. My idea was to create a concrete wall, and […]
Texans like to project an image of no non-sense pragmatism. The Lone Star (the state’s symbol) is supposed to shine a bright light on an oil rich, cattle-raising rugged land that yields riches by the grace of the Almighty. And yet when I moved to Austin, I discovered that behind that ‘straight’, pious image that […]
Breathing Circle a site specific installation by Danae Stratou. Seven large stainless steel letters compose the imperative of the verb “BREATHE”. Forming a perfect circle on the ground, their mirrored surfaces reflect the surrounding natural environment. The letters have a length of one metre and are placed equidistantly upon the perimeter of an imaginary circle 7 metres […]
PARALLEL CITY is a site specific, interactive installation, which consists of 28 “optical viewfinders”. Planted equivalently in 28 different spots of the city’s old center, the viewfinders, act as intimate private frames through which the viewer can accomplish a different experience of the City. The viewing through the view finders along the chosen route, isolates certain […]
The images used in this video were taken by Danae Stratou during her 6 month stay in Istanbul in 2010 for the purpose of realising her project Vital Space (Humanity) – Istanbul. During her stay she regularly flew over the city by helicopter. All the images used in this video were chosen from the aerial shots she […]
Soul Forest is a photographic installation comprising seven freestanding photographic “sculptures” depicting a forest from the highlands of Indian Kashmir. The photographs were taken by Danae Stratou in 2005, when she was travelling along the Line Of Control between Indian and Pakistani Cashmir, in order to reach and photographically document moments from everyday life along the Line […]
Juxtaposed is a photographic project created in Bondi Beach, Miami, USA, 2008, depicting the human presence within the elements of ocean and sand. […]